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Terry Francona Says He Never Rooted Against Red Sox When Visiting Fenway Park, But Now He Will ‘Like Crazy’ (Video)
Terry Francona might not have ended his time as Red Sox manager in storybook fashion, but he didn’t let that spoil his feelings toward his former team when he visited. Now, it’s a different story.
While speaking with the media before his first return to Fenway as an opposing manager, Tito spoke about his feelings coming back to the ballpark where he helped lead a team to two...
Nick Swisher and JoAnna Garcia Welcome a Baby
It’s a Swish T..
Nick and JoAnna Garcia Swisher have reportedly welcomed their first child. the Cleveland Indians first baseman was put on the teams’ paternity list (mandatory one to three-days leave) Tuesday, revealing the happy news. Congrats to Swish on becoming a Dad.-TO
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The Indians lost 2 to the Tigers. Was Nick Swisher’s absence a key factor?
The Cleveland Indians lost 2 games to the Detroit Tigers. They were forced to play the Motor City Kitties without one of their key rally guys. Nick Swisher, the guy who plays a huge role with the Indians was out on paternity leave. Swisher and his wife actress, JoAnna Garcia welcomed a baby girl into their family. It is their first child. Swisher is the guy who gets this Indians...
Francona expecting emotional return to Boston
Indians manager Terry Francona is returning to Boston for the first time as an opposing manager and expects an emotional homecoming.
Francona won two World Series titles during eight seasons with the Red Sox, who ended an 86-year drought under his leadership in 2004. Francona is sure he will ''have a lot of emotions'' on Thursday when his AL Central-leading Indians...
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Cleveland Indians NIck Swisher Leaves Team After Wife Has Baby
First and foremost congratulations to Nick Swisher, his wife and the new baby girl that they welcomed to this world Tuesday afternoon. The first baseman was placed on the paternity leave list by the Cleveland Indians. He is allowed to enjoy these moments with his family for a few days and hopefully he takes full advantage. FFLockerRoom hopes for a healthful childhood.
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Chris Perez: “I want to minimize any potential off-the-field distraction”
Cleveland Indians closer Chris Perez released an official statement following the much-discussed deactivation of his Twitter account.
“The decision to deactivate my Twitter account was a personal choice I made in order to maintain the greater focus on the success of the team this season and our shared goals moving forward.
We have an extremely positive and supportive group of players...
Indians place Nick Swisher on paternity leave list
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The Cleveland Indians will be without Nick Swisher on Tuesday night after his wife gave birth to a baby girl earlier in the day. Swisher is expected to return to the Indians in the next couple of days.
In order to give the Indians some infield depth Cord Phelps has been promoted from Triple-A. Phelps was hitting .233/.318′.431 over 30 games for the Columbus...
Tired of mouth-breathers, Indians closer Chris Perez deletes Twitter account
Cleveland Indians closer Chris Perez, one of the most entertaining — and sometimes controversial — Twitter users among professional athletes, surprisingly deleted his Twitter account on Monday, reportedly due to his growing exasperation with having to deal with the hostile, troglodytic and oft-unwarranted commentary from a small but prolific faction who troll his account and...
Trade of the year? Gomes and Aviles for Rogers
The Indians signings of free agents Nick Swisher and Michael Bourn got most of the attention this past offseason.
The hiring of Terry Francona as manager was also big news, and Cleveland even made headlines on the trade front with the three team, nine player deal that netted them Trevor Bauer and several other key pieces to the 2013 ball club.
But of all the moves the Indians made...
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So You Won The Cy Young...Big Deal, the Indians don't care!
The Cleveland Indians have been rather rough this year on reining or former Cy Young award winners, having beaten 7 of them to date. A list of the victims follows. They started the rein of terror in the first game of the season against reining N.L. winner R.A. Dickey now with the Toronto Blue Jays. Dickey, who won the award last year with the Mets allowed 4 runs, 3 earned...
Perez deletes Twitter account after verbal attacks
Score one for the haters.
The Twitter account for closer Chris Perez was no longer active Monday night. Perez, one of the more accessible and open Indians players, apparently had enough ugliness.
Perez was villified on Twitter immediately after giving up a solo home run in the ninth inning of Mondays 10-8 win. Perez had blown a save on Saturday after giving up two solo home runs...
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Yan Gomes Caps Indians’ Wild Win Over Mariners With Walk-Off Homer in 10th Inning
It might be time for baseball fans to start paying attention to the Cleveland Indians.
The AL Central-leading Tribe have won five straight, and Terry Francona‘s club completed a four-game sweep of the Mariners on Monday in dramatic fashion.
After taking a 5-5 tie into the bottom of the seventh, the teams combined to score eight runs over the final 3 1/2 innings, with Cleveland’s...
Lindor and Naquin are Fishing for Mudcats
From the Bait Shop:
There’s struggling…
…and then there’s being just plain bad.
The Mudcats were officially bad last week, as they only managed a 1-6 record, dropped to 13 games behind the first place Myrtle Beach Pelicans, were outscored by 13 runs, and had the worst record in the entire Carolina League, by five games.
Some will point to the offense leading the league with...
The Cleveland Indians stand alone at the top of the A.L.Central Division, after 41 games.
They say you judge your baseball teams after 40 games of the regular season. The Cleveland Indians have played 41 games and they have played most of them very well. The team is in first place in the A.L. Central and even the starting pitchers have done better than expected. The Indians won another one run game over the Seattle Mariners yesterday. That makes 2 games they won in the...
Trend Spotting: The value of Drew Stubbs and a dilemma at third
As an Indians fan watching the team get off to a tremendous start, I find myself spending the majority of my time trying to pick holes in the roster that could eventually be our downfall or equalizing force. Attempting to find players who are so far outplaying their capability that regression both as a player and as a team is inevitable. This is not to say I am not thoroughly enjoying...
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